Thread: Veteran's Month
#1 Veteran's Month
03-25-2010, 09:28 PM
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This idea might sound stupid to some but...
We have a "Black History Month", celebrating the Black Race; It's taught in schools, and the importance of black figures throughout history is forced into kid's minds--Even in non-public schools now--
Why not have a Veteran's Month? It would non racial, and would celebrate something much more important than a race--our soldiers. It is the blood, sweat and suffering of our troops of every generation that allow all of the races and creeds to melt together in this our Melting Pot; It was the 360,000 Union troops who gave their lives, ensuring the freedom of blacks and the preservation of our Union; the over 200,000 dead in World War II who shed their blood, lost limbs, and suffered so Europe, and the rest of the world could be freed fromtyranny. It was the thousands who fought and died in our own Revolution so this nation could come into being.
Yet the sacrifice of these men is relegated to only a day, and men like Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Desmond Doss and others are only given a slight read over in our Middle and High Schools--yet children are forced to write essays and the like on men like Malcolm X. Men who served and died for the land--the whole land, both black and white--are brushed over for men who fought civil battles for one race only.
03-25-2010, 09:36 PM
We have Veterans day (November 11) and Independance Day (July 4).
This is sufficient for me.:)I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson
03-25-2010, 10:33 PMI predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson
03-25-2010, 11:14 PM
Hey yeah! And we could design a web-site for this kinda like this one:
The first legislation was in the United States Senate in 1999 designating May as National Military Appreciation Month. With the support and sponsorship of Senator John McCain, (R-AZ) and Representative Duncan Hunter, (R-CA) of San Diego and over 50 veteran service organizations, this important and timely legislation tells our service members that their country has set aside an entire month to honor, remember and appreciate them.
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